Last year, the Detroit Lions put George Johnson on the field for 531 defensive snaps, which worked out to about 53% playing time on that side of the ball. Johnson, who had bounced around the league a little bit after first signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2010, was surely just happy to be getting steady playing time.
The Lions were happy, too, when Johnson produced six sacks, part of a defense that ranked eighth in that category with a group total of 42. Johnson was undeniably aided by a front line that got a strong push up the middle led by Ndamukong Suh.